More alternatives to powerpoint

After featuring Google Presentation and how you can make presentations without logging in, here are some of the alternatives you need in making presentations to your business, school or personal use.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-top-alternatives-to-powerpoint/1194?tag=nl.e101

Google Presentations, No Login required!

Wow, have you check Google presentation? 

Good thing that you don't need to login in order to create beautiful presentations.

Here's the link and start making your presentations!
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/12/try-google-presentations-no-login.html

FREE Webinar: Online Reputation Management

Just received this from my inbox and am sharing it to everyone to those who would like to participate and attend the webinar, just read the details below. Thanks (daomisyel)
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(Dec. 14, 2011 8:00pm-9:00pm - Manila Time)

REGISTER HERE!

It's inevitable. People will talk about your brand online. But most businesses are usually not prepared to handle online crisis where things happen at a rapid pace.

Not only celebrities, politicians and businesses have to worry about their online reputation even ordinary Joe, or in this case Christopher Lao has to be ready. Christopher Lao was an ordinary law student reviewing for the bar until he got caught in a flood and mainstream news’ attention. Afterwards, he became an instant online celebrity gathering much attention that made him the 8th most discussed topic worldwide in Twitter.

What would you have done if you were Christopher Lao? How do you turn things around? MRM Worldwide’s team was able to help repair Christopher Lao’s morale and online reputation such that he was able to take his bar exam this year as scheduled.

Get an update from Christopher Lao himself and learn from Kichi Madlansacay on how to react and recover from a crisis that has gone viral online.

Find out what marketers, brand managers and businessmen can learn in this case study.

To be discussed:

    * Managing crisis situations online and relating to the media
    * Using Social Networks to build and manage your brand's reputation.
    * Case study


To Register, visit www.digitalisnow.com

Invitation from SM Mall Of Asia: 1st Grand Festival of Lights, Today 11/26

All are invited to witness t he first grand festival of lights.

Message from SM Mall of Asia:
Its really really a must! I think you should experience MOA just so you guys would know that it is really different from any other mall.
Come today! Parade starts at 5:30pm to 6pm
Just go to the arcades, It'll start in the north arcade

Pangasinan Digital Life ICT Congress

Pangasinan Digital Life ICT Congress is a one week event, below is the tentative program:

NOVEMBER 21, 2011	TECHNOLOGY & THE GOVERNMENT
8:00-9:00	OPENING PROGRAM (Sison Auditorium)
	Invocation
	National Anthem
	Pangasinan Hymn
	Welcome Remarks VGOV. JOSE FERDINAND Z. CALIMLIM JR.
	AVP Presentation PANGASINAN DIGITAL
	Keynote Speech HON. AMADO T. ESPINO, JR.
	Launching of the Libreng Konsultasyong Legal sa Barangay Project w/ PAO RO1 attended by Mayors and Barangay Captains in Pangasinan
	Project Synopsis RPA TOMAS B. PADILLA, Regional Director PAO RO1
	Unveiling of Technology used by the Sponsors
9:00-9:15	Keynote/AVP Co-Presentor
9:15-10:00	Social Media, Online Reputation and 21st Century Public Service – Vanj Padilla, Technical Consultant, Online Info. Mgt. Province of Pangasinan
10:00	Ribbon-Cutting of the Exhibit Area
10:05	Sun Up to Sundown Photo Contest
10:15	AVP
10:30-11:45	Cyberwellness – Sonnie Santos, Pioneer Cyberwellness advocate
	LUNCH
1:00-2:00	Anti-Cybercrime Seminar
2:00-2:30	Panel
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-3:45	The Rise of the Emerging Media and Citizen Journalism
3:45-4:45	Blogging for Students
November 22, 2011	TECHNOLOGY & the ACADEME
9:00-9:15	Sponsor’s AVP
9:15-10:30	Tourism Goes Digital
11:00-12:00	Food, Travel, Adventure Bloggers: How do they Earn?
	Lunch
1:00-2:30	**Health and Wellness
2:30-3:15	Virtual Events
3:15-3:30	Break / Experience Asinan
3:30- 5:00	Video Contest
	**NETWORKING NIGHT
November 23, 2011	TECHNOLOGY & the MEDIA
9:00-9:15	Sun Up to Sun Down Photo Competition
9:30-9:45	Sponsor’s AVP
9:45-11:45	Digitizing the Print Media: Challenges and Opportunities with Inquirer Digital
	Lunch
12:45-2:15	Putting the Social in Television: TV 5 Stories and Experience – Carlo Ople , Social Media Director of TV 5, a PLDT subsidiary
2:15-3:45	***c/o Mr. Coy Coballes
3:45-5:00	Niche Publishing
November 24, 2011	GEEK GIRLS & GUYS BOOTCAMP
9:00-9:15	Mobile Application Development Presentation
9:15-9:30	Sponsor’s AVP
9:30-10:30	Cloud Computing: The Future of Webhosting – Arcus IT
10:30-11:30	Convergence of Search and Social – Gary Viray, Search Opt Media
11:30—12:00	Pangasinan Digital/ Experience Asinan
	Lunch
1:00-2:30	SEO marketing -Hans Koch, American Search Engine Optimization Master
3:00-3:15	Break
3:15-4:15	***Mobile Apps/Games Development
4:15-5:15	Practical Knockout Web Design
	**NETWORKING NIGHT
November 25, 2011	TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS
9:00-9:15	Sponsor’s AVP
9:15-10:30	Multiply Marketplace Philippines
10:30-11:30	Driving Business thru Social Media – Vince Golangco, wheninmanila.com
	Lunch
12:30-1:30	Blogging for Events
1:30-4:00	Becoming a Technopreneur & Tech Start-Up Contest
4:00-5:00	Establishing Trenches in the Social Media Battlefield
	**NETWORKING NIGHT
November 26, 2011	THANKSGIVING PARTY
9:00-10:30	Presentation of all Entries & Awarding Of Winners
10:30	TOUR
SALAMAT PARTY
6:00	Message — Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr
	Dangoan Presentation
	Dinner

NOTE:(schedule may be subject to change without prior notice)
pangasinandigital.com facebook.com/governorespino twitter.com/governorespino

And Azrael is one of the speakers of the said event.

http://pangasinandigital.com/speakers/

AZRAEL COLADILLA

BIO – He’s a blogger since 2003, and surfing the web for almost 15 years. Mr. Azrael graduated BS MATH/ Computer Science in FEU last year 2007. Now into events organizer, events coverage, writing, video blogging, web master, concept developer, video live streaming, photographer, band manager, fish-dog-cat lover, sci-fi and fantasy fan, comics and movie geek, tech and gadgets junkie, contest addict, and an online marketer.

Gadgets Magazine invites you to submit to the Good Blog Awards

Gadgets Magazine would like to officially invite you to submit an entry to our very own Good Blog Awards!

Attached is the formal invitation with a summary of the details, or you may visit the site directly to learn more:

http://www.goodblogaward.com/

We will be giving away free prizes to the first few entries, so hurry and submit while supplies last!

Thanks, and good luck on your good blog!

blogger invite: SM Supermalls ChriSMs grand launching this Nov 11

Everyone are invited to attend the grand launching of SM Supermall's Christmas theme "SM ChriSMs" this November 11, 2011 at 4PM in SM Mall of Asia. The new theme song for SM ChriSMs performed by YouTube sensation Maria Aragon will launch also.


And then on November 12, 2011, everyone are invited again to attend the SM Supermalls nationwide simultaneous launching of SM ChriSMs, event will start at 4pm, while other malls will start at 5pm or 6pm, depends on the schedule of the malls.

If you are interested to attend and also cover the event for your blogs,

pls sign up the attendance sheet below, so that we know who will be there on Nov 12.
Sign up here

Here's a Press kit for you about the event

Download it here

Here's a preview from 2010 SM ChriSMs launch

Visit SM Supermalls ChriSMs network
http://smsupermallschristmas.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/smsupermallschristmas

Youtube - Worldview at 1pm - November 4

STAY TUNED
His Excellency Benigno S Aquino III

Question submissions are now closed for His Excellency Benigno S Aquino III. Check back on Nov 4 at 1PM Manila time to watch the final interview.

World View is a series of monthly interviews with the world's foremost leaders, where you ask the questions. The top-rated questions will be asked in live interviews.

http://www.youtube.com/worldview

Greenhills to hold massive recyclables collection event in November

Greenhills Shopping Center brings back a massive recyclables collection event in an effort to increase awareness on proper solid waste management among its customers, tenants, and residents of the nearby villages. Cash for Scrap 2: A Recycler’s Bazaar happens on November 6 at the Parking 1 along Ortigas Avenue, between 8 AM to 12 NN.  Some of Manila’s top recyclers, and representatives from local government units, as well as the neighboring barangays and schools, will participate in this event.

The first Cash for Scrap event was held last April 2011, and it was met with much enthusiasm.   Tons of paper and electronic wastes were collected, along with other items such as car batteries, busted bulbs, ink cartridges, and plastics.

Cash for Scrap was intended to be a one time event.  But, Greenhills Shopping Center got a lot of positive feedback, and there were many calls for a repeat.  People from as far as Manila City came with their recyclables.  Greenhills Shopping Center was able to collect about forty crates of busted light bulbs—some of these were fed to a mechanism that separates the mercury component of the bulbs from the glass.  

This quarter, Greenhills Shopping Center invites an even more diverse group of recyclers, which would add to the number of waste categories. Event partners include: GARC, Philippine Plastic Inc. Assoc., Philippine Recyclers Inc., Polystyrene Packaging Council of the Philippines, Genetron, HMR Envirocycle, Trust International Paper Corporation, Dolomatrix, and MGHS.

Interested individuals may bring the following waste products for recycling:

Used ink cartridges
PET bottles and plastic bags
Used batteries
Used but clean Styrofoam
Used oil
Electronic wastes (old phones or laptops)
Paper
Busted bulbs
Used cans and metals

Other organizations that sell quality recycled products would also be participating: Kilus Foundation, producer of bags and other accessories from doy packs; Gifts and Graces, producer of products from old newspapers; and Earthday Village producer of bags and raincoats from used tarpaulins.

The event is co-presented by the National Solid Waste Management Commission under the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, Barangays Greenhills and Wack-Wack, Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines, and OCLP Holdings, Inc. (OHI) an Ortigas company.

Cash for Scrap was the very first recyclables collection event under the Solid Waste Management Program of OHI and was conceptualized to promote waste segregation at source, help turn wastes into cash, while preventing these from ending in the landfill. For more information, you may call Ms. Mona Lauraya at 721.05.72 local 290 or visit www.Greenhills.com.ph. Also watch out for more announcements and like us on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/shopandliveatgreenhills.

Tweet Sering @ Conspiracy on Nov. 4, Friday

Astigness, Creativity, and the Life Internal: TWEET SERING @ FWP's OpenBook talk
at Conspiracy on Nov. 4

The Freelance Writers of the Philippines (FWP) presents OpenBook with TWEET SERING at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4 at Conspiracy Garden Cafe, in #59 Visayas Avenue, Quezon City.

The astig author of Wander Girl (Summit Books) and Astigirl: A Grown Girl Living On Her Own Terms (Astigirl Publishing) will  talk about how to feed "our inherent creative spirit, which is the solid foundation for an astig life." Tweet has been conducting writing workshops to help lead people back to their own creativity through the tool of writing.

FWP invites you to drop by and experience a dose of what Tweet does best. There will  be a live chat session with the author after her talk. Plus performances, a  raffle, photo op and book signing. All for P100. The program will be hosted by Raymond Dimayuga and book author Beverly “Bebang” Siy who herself had a successful talk on her book It's a Mens World at Conspiracy recently. To reserve seats, text 0917.9378617 or 0918.9271147.

FWP is a group of freelance writers working in the Philippines. Its members include journalists, magazine contributors, copywriters, researchers, documenters, blog & SEO writers, screenwriters, literary and creative writers. It is committed to upholding the rights and welfare of freelance writers, and to elevating the quality of their work output.  The succeeding book talks of FWP will feature book authors Ricky Lee and Joel Toledo for early 2012.

Phil-based women's NGO to receive global advocacy award in New York

Avon to Honor the Philippines’ Champion in the Fight Against Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence at the
Avon Foundation Global Voices for Change Gala

Fergie, Lea Salonga, Natasha Bedingfield and Other Global Music Icons
to Announce the Winners of the Avon Voices Talent Search at the Gala Event

NEW YORK, October 28, 2011 – Avon Products, Inc. will celebrate the culmination of its 125th anniversary year on November 2 at the Avon Foundation for Women Global Voices for Change Awards Gala. Global champions working to end breast cancer and domestic violence and the winners of Avon Voices will be announced in a gala event to be held at the Marriot Marquis in New York City’s Times Square.

Avon Foundation for Women Global Awards Recipients
Every year since 2001 at its annual gala, Avon recognizes individuals and organizations for their leadership in the causes that are most important to women. This year, Avon Foundation For Women Gala honorees span the globe, honoring organizations that improve access to breast health care and assist victims of domestic and gender violence.

Receiving one of the two 2011 Global Community Advocacy Champion awards is our very own Women’s Crisis Center based in Quezon City for its life-saving work to support victims of domestic violence. The Center provides crisis intervention, counseling, temporary shelter, education and training services and serves as secretariat for the National Network of Family Violence Prevention Programs. Theresa Balayon, Women’s Crisis Center Executive Officer, will accept the award. Avon Foundation for Women President Carol Kurzig, our very own Lea Salonga, and Australian Artist of the Decade Delta Goodrem, will present the award.

Avon Voices
Also at the Gala, the Avon Voices talent search will conclude with the announcement of the two Avon Voices winners – one an Avon Representative – who will be chosen from among the top ten finalists, based on a combination of their live performances. Joining the roster of ten finalists is Manila’s lone representative, Joy Loria, alongside the finalists from Brazil, Lithuania, US, Canada, UK, Thailand Venezuela and Russia. Joy is on a head-to-head battle with co-Avon Representative Selena Gittens of Canada.

The winners of the Avon Voices talent search will record an album that will be sold through Avon distribution channels in select markets, and include an original song written by Grammy and Golden Globe award winner Diane Warren and produced by seven-time Grammy winning producer/engineer Humberto Gatica. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this album in 2012 will go to the Avon Foundation for Women. Additionally, Avon Voices will make a $25,000 donation to the Avon Foundation in honor of its commitment to advancing women's empowerment around the world.

Avon Chairman and CEO Andrea Jung, Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Ashley Greene and more than 800 guests and performers from 39 countries will attend this star-studded celebration, which is expected to raise more than $2.3 million for the Avon Foundation for Women. The event can be viewed via Livestream at www.facebook.com/avonvoices beginning 7:30 AM, Nov. 3 (Philippine Time).

For more information about Avon Voices, please visit: http://www.multivu.com/players/English/45814-avon-voices/ To follow the event via Twitter, reference the official event hashtag: #avon125.

P-Noy awards Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations

From over 200 aspirants nationwide, President Benigno S. Aquino, III recognized the winners of the 9th Search for Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations on October 27 at Heroes Hall in Malacañang.

Assisting the President during the awarding ceremony were Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, TAYO Awards Foundation’s Paolo Benigno Aquino “Bam” Aquino, National Youth Commission Chairman and CEO, Leon Flores III, Guillermo Aponte, president and general manager of The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, Koh Kong Meng, General Manager and Executive Director of Lenovo ASEAN, and Secretary Hermino “Sonny” Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office.

The 9th TAYO Awards is co-presented by Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines and showcases organizations that have deep commitment in addressing social concerns such as alleviating the need for community healthcare by using herbal medicines, teaching accounting to marginalized cooperatives, promoting and preserving cultural heritage and the arts, and environmental conservation.


The representatives of the organizations faced a formidable panel of judges that includes Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Bam Aquino - TAYO Awards Foundation, Leon Flores III – Chairman and CEO, National Youth Commission; Wally Panganiban – Media Affairs Director, The Coca-Cola Export Corporation; Vicky Agorilla – Country General Manager, Lenovo Philippines; Jose Mari Oquiñena - Undersecretary for Special Concerns, Presidential Communications Operations Office; Risa Hontiveros – Spokesperson, Akbayan; Claude Ramos – Marketing and Promotions Specialist, Cebu Pacific Air; Arline Adeva – Senior Public Relations Manager, Jollibee; Hector Melencio, Asst. Manager, PAGCOR Marketing and Casino Customer Relations Department; Redg Plopinio – ASEAN Youth Awardeee 2011; Ivy Lisa – Sector Editor, Manila Bulletin; Eric Baroquillo – Senior Manager, Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Saab Magalona – Actress/Blogger.

Winners were chosen based on the impact of their projects to the community, the capability to bind the spirit of volunteerism and citizenship, creativity and innovation, and the sustainability of the project and their effective use of resources.

Each received a specially sculpted TAYO trophy by artist Toym de Leon Imao, and a P50,000 cash grant from Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines.

Special recognitions given are the Coke Barkada Award from Coca-Cola Foundation, and the Lenovo Young Do-ers IT Award from Lenovo Philippines.

The 9th TAYO Awards was made possible by the TAYO Awards Foundation, Officer of Senator Kiko Pangilinan, and the National Youth Commission in partnership with the Ninoy and Cory Foundation, Philipppine Center of Young Leaders in Governance, and the Department Of Social Welfare and Development. It is presented by Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, Inc., and is supported by Lenovo, Cebu Pacific, Jollibee, PAGCOR, and SM Malls and SM Cares.

The 9th TAYO Awards winners are:

1. Industrial Engineering Council of Cebu Institute of Technology University – Visayas
2. Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) – NCR
3. Youth Solidarity for Peace-Peace Advocates Zamboanga – Mindanao
4. Association of Locally -Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao – Mindanao
5. Alyansa ng mga Kristyanong Mag-aaral – Responsable nga Balikatan han mga Kabataan (AKMA-RESBAK) – Visayas
6. Indak Kabataan Youth Organization – NCR
7. University of the Cordilleras - Hapiyoh Mi Cultural Group – Luzon
8. Young Mindanawans Peace Builders – Mindanao
9. Aklan Catholic College Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants – Visayas
10. AUL-STAGE (Sama-samang Tinig ng mga Aktor na Gumagalaw sa Entablado) - Luzon

IBM Executive Volunteers Map Out Smarter Traffic and Urban Planning Vision for Cebu

NEWS RELEASE


IBM Executive Volunteers Map Out Smarter Traffic and
Urban Planning Vision for Cebu
Team Provides a Roadmap Towards a Smarter Cebu

Cebu, 20, October 2011 – IBM [NYSE: IBM] today announced the successful completion of an operational framework project towards an integrated development process, particularly in urban planning and transport & traffic management for Cebu. In the last three weeks, six senior IBM leaders from the United States, Sweden, Germany and Italy worked closely with the various Cities and Municipalities of Cebu Province through the newly formed Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board (MCDCB).

The team is part of IBM Executive Service Corps, a variant of the company’s ongoing Corporate Service Corps pro bono community service program. Since its commencement in 2008, the Corporate Service Corps’ mandate and portfolio have been broadened and deepened. It now includes IBM executives who work in teams with city planners, entrepreneurs, business leaders and governmental agencies to develop road maps that identify the best ideas, most scalable solutions and critical next steps in the economic, social and environmental sustainability of cities.

Besides the various Cities and Municipalities, the IBM executives also worked closely, provincial leaders, academia, and the private sector of Metro Cebu to address key issues it is facing in the areas of land use planning & zoning, and transport & traffic management. Increased flash floods and worsening traffic not only causes inconvenience, but hinder economic development and contribute to pollution. Among other issues, the team studied ways to understand existing practices and systems as well as the gaps – from the point of view of institutions, processes, mandate, and Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) infrastructure.

Internet legend Jerry Yang joins in raising awareness for the Children’s Cancer Foundation

Internet legend Jerry Yang joins in raising awareness for the Children’s Cancer Foundation

Singapore Yahoos make a “bald statement” to raise funds for local charity

 Internet legend, Jerry Yang (centre) shared in the celebrations at the grand finale of Purple Hope, Yahoo! Singapore’s CSR project supporting local community causes. He is flanked by Yvonne Chang, the MD of Yahoo! Southeast Asia (left) and Rose Tsou, the SVP for Yahoo! Asia Pacific (right) and the 10 shavees who shaved their head in support of Hair For Hope campaign. The inaugural campaign which ran for a week has so far has raised in excess of S$50,000.00.

SINGAPORE, 20 OCTOBER, 2011 – A fundraising and awareness campaign conducted by the staff at Yahoo! Singapore raised more than SG$ 50,000 in support of the Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF) and reached out to Singaporeans to raise awareness about the cause through a link on the Yahoo! front page. The project ran from 10 – 14 October on Yahoo! Singapore and featured articles and interviews with children and families affected by cancer.

At the finale event which took place at Yahoo! Singapore office, 10 enthusiastic Yahoos sacrificed their locks of love in support of the cause and had their heads shorn by professional hairstylists, Jean Yip. Sharing in the event, during a fleeting visit to the regional headquarters in Singapore,  was Internet legend and co-founder of Yahoo! Jerry Yang, together with Rose Tsou, the Senior Vice President of Yahoo! Asia Pacific.  This was the first project by Yahoo! under the “Purple Hope” banner; a community initiative whereby Yahoo! will support local causes through fund-raising and awareness building.  To date the project has raised in excess of S$50,000.00.

The CCF, which was founded in 1992 with a mission to improve the quality of life for children suffering from cancer and their families, was chosen for this first “Purple Hope” initiative after one of the Yahoo! staff made a personal pledge during the Hair for Hope campaign earlier in the year. Lorna Tan, Finance Director at Yahoo! Singapore is already one of CCF’s highest personal contributors and it was a show of team support to further her lead and adopt CCF as the first project partner for the Yahoo! “Purple Hope” programme.

Thanks to Techie.com.ph for the feature!

Thanks to Techie.com.ph for featuring Azrael's Merryland. But the screenshot were taken from Manila Bloggers Network. But its okay. Both sites were owned by Azrael and the main objective is to give out information to our readers and participate in different activities that will nurture ourselves as a good citizen of our country.

Congratulations!!!!

Here are Pinoy bloggers worth your online time
http://www.techie.com.ph/features/here-are-pinoy-bloggers-worth-your-online-time

Smart calls on public to give to ‘Baha Fund’

Leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is encouraging people to send help to those affected by typhoons Pedring and Quiel by making donations to Baha Fund.

The two typhoons that consecutively pounded most of Luzon left several towns flooded and without electricity, food, water and shelter. Proceeds of the Baha Fund will be forwarded to the TV5 Foundation to help augment and speed up its relief operations in hard-hit places in Metro Manila and the provinces.

“We are once again appealing to Filipinos all over the country to unite in helping our kababayans in need,” said Ramon Isberto, head of Smart Public Affairs. “We did it before when Ondoy struck. We can do it again. People need our help.”

RIP: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," read a statement by Apple's board of directors. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."

read more
http://gma.yahoo.com/steve-jobs-dies-apple-chief-created-personal-computer-231337236.html

Yahoo! and Sonnie Promote Online Safety for Children

We live in a world of rapidly changing media and technology; a world where children are more tech-savvy than their parents and where social media can be equally harmful as it is beneficial. With sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, plus escalating ownership of mobile phones, it has become even harder for parents to keep up with the children’s online activities.

To help children be cyber and mobile safe involves parents, teachers and community leaders reinforcing the important lessons of what it means to be a good digital citizen, what is and isn’t allowed when it comes to proper behavior and how Internet safety is mostly about behavior in the blended world where children live on and offline.

As a longtime advocate on child safety, Yahoo! has made it a company priority to protect children online by creating tools for people to safeguard themselves and by supporting efforts to educate children, parents, adults, and communities about safer online experiences.

Earlier this year, Yahoo! forged a partnership with Sonnie Santos, one of the country’s top web safety advocates and founder of Business Values 2.0 and Web Safety Philippines, to help spread awareness throughout the Philippines, especially among the youth.

Sonnie is a regular columnist at Yahoo! titled Safety Net and also the Expert Advisor for Yahoo! Safely; the online resource which informs parents and educators about important topics such as managing your “digital reputation” and learning how to minimize risks on mobile devices, as well as provides guidance on how to use specific Yahoo! products safely.

26th Negros Trade Fair: Preserving and Promoting Arts, Culture, Business of the Negrenses

The longest running provincial trade fair in Metro Manila, Negris Trade Fair also held is 26th Negros Trade Fair in Rockwell Tent, Makati last September 30, 2011 to promote the importance of preservation of arts, culture, business, tourism and to establish good relationship to the digital media market by conducting blogging talks and to discuss the future partnership on their future events.


Below are some of the photos taken on the Negros Trade Fair.

You may also read:

http://www.thehappytrip.com/2011/09/inegros-26th-negros-trade-fair-kicks-off-today-rockwell-tent/
http://www.promdiliving.com/26th-negros-trade-fair-at-rockwell-makati/
http://markmayomagallanes.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/the-26th-negros-trade-fair-launched-yesterday/

Living up to the Spirit of Bayanihan

We witnessed how Filipinos helped each other during our most unplanned situations like natural calamities. This time, let us make a positive change and fight for poverty through participating in various bayanihan projects like in VSO Bahaginan. We are inviting all of you to be part of how we can build a better future if we share this important message to our social networking accounts and visit the official website, http://www.vsobahaginan.org/ 

PRESS RELEASE

VSO Bahaginan promotes the life of paying it forward


Filipinos, by nature, are kindhearted, and that is clearly the rationale why the term bayanihan was coined. Bayanihan or the spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective has been witnessed in multiple occasions and through time. It is from this standpoint that VSO Bahaginan, a development NGO that works to fight poverty through various volunteering programs , hopes to further spur the flame of bayanihan especially in making a positive change in the world we live in.

The organization’s development approach is to bring people together to share skills, build capacity, promote national and international understanding and action to create lasting change. VSO Bahaginan invests in people at the community level, ensuring that every peso spent on their development programs spark a chain reaction. It has developed a series of videos that aim to entice both individuals and organizations to make that first step to positive change.

The first two videos dubbed as “Chain Reaction” and “Icons” both focus on the core value of VSO, which is volunteering. The videos were taken from two different perspectives: how one can make a difference through volunteering and the experiences and benefits of volunteering.



Chain Reaction:
VSO Bahaginan brings people with the skills and the heart for development with the communities that need them the most.  Each action, each advocacy, each social work starts with volunteering. When one volunteers, it changes lives.

VSO Bahaginan believes in the beauty of volunteering. This video shows how our volunteers contributed to changing lives in the communities they have worked with – Leo Cabasag developed a Sign Language module for the children in Cebu, James Zamora taught Cotabato farmers how to improve their civet coffee production and Dr. Allan Sande is now serving in Itbayat, Batanes as its community doctor.  They shared their gifts, made things better and changed people’s lives.   

Change can start with you, right here, right now.  Make that lasting ripple effect in the society.  Donate to VSO at www.vsobahaginan.org/donate and start your chain reaction now.

Icons:
VSO Bahaginan promotes volunteerism through proactively linking with communities, organizations, government and anyone who has the heart and desire to effect positive change. Through the voices of these volunteering icons, VSO Bahaginan aims to spark a volunteerism revolution in the country.

VSO Bahaginan produced the Icons videos—a series of video clips featuring the top volunteering icons in the Philippines talking about their experiences and their reasons for volunteering their time, talents and treasures.

To view the videos, please visit VSO Bahaginan’s website http://www.vsobahaginan.org/

“If you have much, give your wealth; if you have little, give your heart.” ~ Anonymous


Chain Reaction- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z78qSaZxAlM&feature=related

Volunteer Icons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMlznlVJrHg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

A MUST READ: Tips on Effective Link Building through Event Blogging

Are you attending events or conferences that you were worried on how you can write them effectively? I have found this great article at Search Engine Journal and follow the simple tips and your blog is on the right track.

As a blogger, we need to get the entire details of each event like place, time, date and the purpose of the event for us to write what happened and why we should blog about it.

Perhaps the most tedious part, is the POST EVENT. We need to devote our time in gathering information and posting them right away since we are busy with our daily routine, we can allot at least few hours to collate all data to post them and use the materials wisely. We also need to mention if the event has its own hashtag or Facebook page and its official website as well.

Live Blogging, We have tried but some survived. Make sure all the details are available so that you can able to post it during the event. Somehow, get the press kits in advance and start writing about it while the event is happening.


http://www.searchenginejournal.com/effective-link-building-using-event-blogging/34104/

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Oh no, am guilty for post event. Give me time to write everything this weekend :) lols.

The next Bloggers Fest and Blogger Fiesta

Bloggers FEST ( April 2011)


World Bloggers' Day (May 2011)

Blogger Fiesta Manila (August 2011)

When will be the next bloggers fest ? fiesta? or a bloggers gathering?
I' not sure when will be the next big event, but I'm looking at a good date for a Halloween party and Christmas event for bloggers. yay!

Let's wait for another fun event for Manila Bloggers!
feel free to post your ideas and concept here
or if you are willing to sponsor or host a venue for us

happy blogging~

blogger invite : Blog & Soul Talks: Social Media 101

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What is Social Media? How can you survive, live and make a career in the Social Media Jungle? As an individual or even a business or an institution what are the things and what are the things not to do? What are the tools and channels in Social Media that you can use? What do you do when you get in trouble in the Social Media Jungle? What are the traps and how to avoid them ? How do you manage or save your On-Line Reputation ? Is Emerging Media the same as Social Media? What is Social Media?

Join us on the 27th of August as our resource persons share and talk about Social Media.

Guests/Resource Persons:

Jay de Jesus
Emerging Media Specialist


Marck Ronald Rimorin
Head of Social Media for NetBooster Asia.

and

Juned Sonido
Baratillo Pamphlet - baratillo.net

Please Register and Submit your questions here: http://bit.ly/orym8Y

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This event forum is organized by Blog and Soul Movement
REGISTER HERE - https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196600373737203

2nd group hug pic of bloggers @ 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

feel free to grab and use the photo
thanks everyone for joining the blogger fiesta

click on the photo above to download the hi res photo version

photos: blogger speakers @ 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

thanks to our speakers for sharing their expertise to all of us at the event

more photos below

photos: raffle time @ 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

thanks to our sponsors and supporters for donating some goodie items for our hourly raffle

thanks to Blogger.com, SM North EDSA, SM Cyberzone, Sony Ericsson, Fruitas Ice Candy, Digits Trading, Beyond the Box, Norton Anti Virus, Happy Fashion ART, BloggerManila.com, Tough Brat Bags, Multiply.com, Yoshinoya, Eurotel, Turfsite Computing, Solid Hosting PH, Crumpler, Urban Ears, Thunderbird Resorts and Megaworld Corp.

more photos below

photos: ingress time @ 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

a preview of the event at around 10am-11am

more photos below

photos: pinoy bloggers @ 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

You can grab and use the photos for your blogs

More photos below

pinoy bloggers group hug pic @ 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR 2nd BLOGGER FIESTA MANILA!!

click the photo above to enlarge the pic
feel free to use and grab this group photo

download the hi res photo here - http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6070/6065292786_c5c027e915_o.jpg

see you on the next 3rd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2012!

thanks to our sponsors and supporters for making this event possible

happy blogging!

:) azrael coladilla
Manila, Philippines

You are invited to attend the 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

Inviting everyone to come and join for our 2nd annual Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011. This is a 2nd event after the successful global event celebration for Blogger.com's birthday which is called - Blogger Fiesta, last year August 2010. We also celebrated and organized an event for Manila and dubbed as Blogger Fiesta Manila 2010 in Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street . There are also ground events happened in different part of the Philippines organized by pinoy bloggers individuals and groups.

For this year 2011, we are back to organized the 2nd year of Blogger Fiesta and even that there's no global event celebration, we will still continue to host it and organize it for our pinoy bloggers, and good news is that our contact in Google and Blogger told us that they will still support us for this event, expect some Blogger goodies to be given away to our participants.

here are the details of the event

2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011
August 20, 2011, Saturday
11am-6pm
SM Cyberzone, SM North Edsa
Free Entrance


**** take note that the online registration will be closed this 7pm
but its okay, you can still attend tomorrow, we will be accepting walk in participants at the event

235 bloggers already registered

Registered 2nd Blogger Fiesta attendees will receive updates via email.
And yes, this event is open to all even if you are a Wordpress, Tumblr, Livejournal, Multiply, and etc. users.


In partnership with


Sponsored by:

http://www.facebook.com/digitalwalkerstore

http://www.facebook.com/beyondthebox.ph

http://twitter.com/#!/beyondtheboxrp

Supported by:


Confirmed speakers and their topics


Azrael Coladilla (Azraels Merryland)
"Blog layout and how to use Blogger template designer"


Jhong Medina (qlickcafe.com)
"Optimizing Wordpress for Search Engine for Beginners"


Jonel Uy (BloggerManila.com)
"BBB for B (Brand Building Basics for Bloggers!)"


David D' Angelo (theproductsblog.com)
"Blog Personalities: Knowing and Writing for Target Audience"


Jenny Manongdo (MannaforJenny)
"The Joy and rewards of blogging"


Bob Reyes (bobreyes.com / Turfsiteph Computing)
"Hosting Your Own Blog or Website"


Juned Sonido (baratillo.net)
"Bloggers and On-line Promotions"


Marlon Guzman (Solid Hosting)
"How to Secure your Blog from Hacking"


Marnell Delos Reyes (marnelldelosreyes.com)
"Resolving Blog Issues 101"


by Carlo Ople (newmedia.com.ph)
"Blogging powered by Social Media Steroids"

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
(tentative schedule)
10am – event opens
11am – networking hour with bloggers
12nn – presentation of speakers
1pm – Azrael Coladilla and Juned Sonido
2pm – Jhong Medina and Jonel Uy
3pm – Eurotel and Multiply
4pm – Carlo Ople and David Angelo
5pm – Jenny Manongdo and Bob Reyes
6pm – Marlon Guzman and Marnell Delos Reyes

Raffle and games every hour

The VENUE
SM Cyberzone, SM North EDSA




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From 2010 Blogger Fiesta Manila

check out our Blogger Fiesta Manila 2010 here

We Want You!
- YOU as our guest speaker in our event, send us a letter of your intent and topic. (now closed)
- Brands who want to have their presence in our event as an exhibitor, speaker, donor or sponsor
- Donations are also accepted in any form :)
- If you want to help us with this event then email me now!

thanks and see you there!

:)
Azrael Coladilla
www.azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com
www.manilabloggersnetwork.com

email : azrael@gmail.com
mobile: 09275340309

(This post announcement will be updated and will inform everyone on some changes via email and social networks)